Items that can serve as sources of infection (tampons, intravenous lines) should be removed. Other foreign bodies present that are likely sources of infection (for example, artificial grafts, artificial heart valves, or pacemakers) may need to be removed if appropriate antibiotic therapy is unsuccessful.
How to Clean Your Colon. advertisement. The adult colon, also called the large intestine, is about 5 feet long. Its job is to absorb water and salts from partially digested food that enters from the small intestine and then send waste out of the body.
Your stoolâs length should conform to the segment lengths of a clean and healthy colon. Each of the colonâs three distinct anatomical segmentsâascending, transverse, descendingâis about a foot long. Passed stool tends to break at these segment junctures. So your stool should be at least 1 foot long. A person 6 to 7 feet tall might have colon about 6 feet in length. So that tall personâs stool should be about 2 feet, the length of the descending part of the colon.