Serena Williams' husband Alexis Ohanian reveals he is battling Lyme disease: 'This was quite a surprise'

Serena Williams' hubby Alexis Ohanian says he has received a test of Lyme disease, which came arsenic a spot of a daze to him.

The Reddit co-founder, 41, explained his wellness business successful a bid of posts connected X/Twitter Tuesday, saying that doctors told him astir nan test aft he underwent aggregate aesculapian procedures.

'Doing a afloat artillery of wellness scans, tests, etc, and recovered retired I person lyme disease,' said nan tech entrepreneur, who is begetter to 2 children pinch nan tennis icon. 'Wild. No symptoms, thankfully, but gonna treat.'

Ohanian explained immoderate of nan intricate specifications down his diagnosis: 'Good cholesterin is excessively low. Bad cholesterin is conscionable OK. Gotta activity connected that. On nan plus-side: 822 ng/dL full + 162 ng/dL free testosterone.'

Ohanian said that while he has a family history linked to nan ailment, he was caught off-guard by nan test since he did not autumn into nan group that is typically exposed to nan information geographically.

'I've sewage a loved 1 who had it a fewer years back, showed tons symptoms etc and conscionable couldn't fig it retired until they tested him for it and past recovered it (treated it successfully, too),' Ohanian said.

He added, 'I walk truthful small clip successful nan wilderness/northeast this was rather a surprise.'

Ohanian said he was 'gonna drawback immoderate antibiotics' to combat nan ailment, adding, 'Can't support maine down, tick!' pinch a image of The Tick animation character.

Ohanian stressed to his 563,700 followers connected nan level that he was successful nary measurement dispensing wellness proposal to nan masses successful respect to Lyme disease.

'Please talk to a doctor!' he said. 'Do not perceive to maine for immoderate wellness advice!'

The Mayo Clinic describes Lyme illness arsenic 'an unwellness caused by borrelia bacteria,' adding that 'humans usually get Lyme illness from nan wound of a tick carrying nan bacteria.'

The session noted that while 'ticks that tin transportation borrelia germs unrecorded passim astir of nan United States,' nan ailment 'is astir communal successful nan precocious Midwest and nan northeastern and mid-Atlantic states' domestically, and 'also communal successful Europe and successful southbound cardinal and southeastern Canada.'

People are astatine higher consequence if they 'spend clip wherever nan ticks live, specified arsenic grassy, brushy aliases wooded areas,' and nan champion intends of prevention 'is to debar tick bites erstwhile you are outdoors.'

Ohanian is 1 of a number of salient names who person publically emerged astir their wellness battles pinch Lyme disease. 

Others see Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Yolanda Hadid and her daughter, exemplary Bella Hadid; musical creator Justin Bieber; and comic Amy Schumer.

Ohanian and Williams - who are parents to 2 daughters, Olympia, six, and Adira River, 11 months - were astatine nan ESPYs successful Los Angeles past week, pinch Williams doing hosting duties.

The tennis superstar made headlines aft she took a jab astatine NFL kicker Harrison Butker successful nan aftermath of a controversial graduation reside he gave May 11 at Benedictine College successful Atchison, Kansas, rubbing connected delicate topics ranging from abortion to Pride Month to women successful nan workforce.