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Alexis Ohanian married Serena Williams in 2017, the same year they welcomed their daughter Olympia. Last year, Serena and Alexis welcomed their second daughter, Adira Ohanian. Just last week, Alexis and Olympia were out at the ESPYs to support Serena’s hosting duties. That family appearance actually came amid some “rumors” that there were issues between Serena and Alexis. I think people sort of fundamentally misunderstand Serena and Alexis’s whole deal. He’s really happy for Serena to have the limelight and he’s happy to be in the background. As it also turns out, Alexis only recently discovered that he has lyme disease too. He announced it on his social media this week:

Alexis Ohanian — husband of Serena Williams — has been diagnosed with Lyme disease. On July 16, the tech executive and father of two, 41, shared the health update on X — formerly Twitter — after getting full-body scans.

“Doing a full battery of health scans, tests, etc, and found out I have lyme disease,” he wrote. “Wild. No symptoms, thankfully, but gonna treat. Good cholesterol is too low. Bad cholesterol is just OK. Gotta work on that. On the plus-side: 822 ng/dL total + 162 ng/dL free testosterone.”

“I’ve got a loved one who had it a few years back, showed tons [of] symptoms etc and just couldn’t figure it out until they tested him for it and then found it (treated it successfully, too),” he added.

Lyme disease is a potentially debilitating infection caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi that is transmitted through the bite of an infected blacklegged tick, according to the CDC. Early stage Lyme symptoms include headaches, flu-like symptoms, joint pain, fatigue and sometimes a rash that has many different shapes including one which may look like a bullseye centered on the tick bite. Late stage Lyme symptoms can include paralysis, agonizing joint pain, neurological problems, severe headaches, problems with memory, hearing, and vision, inflammation of the brain, and inflammation of the heart.

“I spend so little time in the wilderness/northeast this was quite a surprise,” Ohanian said. “Anyway, gonna grab some antibiotics — can’t keep me down, tick!”

After sharing he has Lyme disease, Ohanian received tons of well wishes on the social media platform. According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 476,000 Americans are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease every year.

[From People]

While he doesn’t spend time in the “wilderness,” ticks are everywhere and Serena and Alexis have family pets, plus that man is trying to make Serena into some kind of farm girl with lots of animals on their property. I’m just saying… I can see where he probably picked up a tick bite. It’s crazy to me that there’s this huge rise in identifying lyme disease and such a wide disparity in symptoms too. Some people are like Alexis and they feel next to no symptoms and other people are basically battling a severe chronic illness for years, if not decades. Anyway, I hope Alexis is doing well and Serena and the girls better get checked too.

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