Elaborate. I can’t find any information on substance diffusion from the oral mucosa to cross reference with the concentration of formate that could be expected from 10^??? bacteria living in the crevices between your teeth and gums. It would make me feel a lot better to be wrong, since the differential diagnosis is significantly less grim with slow formate poisoning removed. I’d throw down that hundred bucks just for the reassurance, even suffering as I am with medical bills. From this.
And the bullet? I choose a BB, to shoot just your eye out. It’s only fair :^)
(I wouldn’t actually it’s just a bit of dark humor for you)
Yeah, my idea is just based on physical proximity. There’s no way systemic concentrations would be enough, plus the E. Coli in the gut produce way more formate in total given the much larger surface area… yet I can’t ignore that my mouth is directly below my eyes. I’m totally willing to bet on it, though I don’t know how you’d judge something like this. Formate optic neuropathy doesn’t necessarily have specific signs, though in the two case reports it does follow a progressive course and then suddenly get much worse. Is it just based on whether I end up becoming one of the mysterious idiopathic optic neuropathy cases AND test positive for Lumina if they ever come out with their testing kit thing?
Either way please do explain your reasoning on this, I’m looking for some reason to imagine I’m not totally done for but I haven’t been able to come up with anything myself.