Following a routine check-up, Serena’s Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian revealed a devastating diagnosis that could change the course of his life.
“This was quite a surprise,” writes Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, who adds it was quite “wild” he was diagnosed without any symptoms.
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Keep reading to learn what happened to Ohanian!
On July 16, 2024, venture capitalist Alexis Ohanian shared a post on X that shocked his almost 600,000 followers.
The 41-year-old man, who married tennis star Serena Williams in 2017, revealed he was getting a full check-up when doctors discovered he has Lyme disease.
“Doing a full battery of health scans, tests, etc, and found out I have lyme disease. Wild. No symptoms, thankfully, but gonna treat,” writes the co-founder of Reddit. “Good cholesterol is too low. Bad cholesterol is just OK. Gotta work on that.”
According to the Mayo Clinic there are three levels of severity and “some people don’t have symptoms of the typical early stage” of Lyme disease, an illness caused by the bite of an infected tick.
‘Quite a surprise’
In a following post, the father of two writes the diagnosis came as “quite a surprise” since he doesn’t spend much time in the Northeast or in the wilderness, where ticks – and Lyme disease – are most common.
“I’ve got a loved one who had it a few years back, showed tons symptoms etc and just couldn’t figure it out until they tested him for it and then found it (treated it successfully, too). I spend so little time in the wilderness/northeast this was quite a surprise,” shares the New York-born Ohanian.