Serena Williams husband Alexis Ohanian reveals he is battling line disease this was quite a surprise Serena Williams husband Alexis Ohanian says he has received a diagnosis of line disease which came as a bit of a shock to him the Reddit co-founder 41 explained his health situation in a series of posts on x/ Twitter Tuesday saying that doctors told him about the diagnosis after he underwent multiple medical procedures doing a full battery of Health scans tests Etc and found out I have Lyme disease said the tech entrepreneur who is Father of the two children with the tennis icon wild no symptoms thankfully but going to treat Ohanian explained some of the intricate details behind his diagnosis good cholesterol is too low bad cholesterol is just Oak got to work on that on the plus side 822 in/ DL total plus 162 in/ dfree testosterone Ohanian said that while he has a family history linked to the ailment he was caught off guard by the diagnosis since he did not fall into the group that is typically exposed to the condition geographically I've got a loved one who had it a few years back showed T symptoms at set and just couldn't figure it out until they tested him for it and then found it treated it successfully to Ohanian said I spend so little time in the wilderness sln Northeast this was quite a surprise Ohanian said he was going to grab some antibiotics to combat the ailment adding can't keep me down tick with a picture of the tick cartoon character Ohanian stressed of his 563,000 700 followers on the platform that he was in no way dispensing Health advice to the masses in regard to lme disease please talk to a doctor he said do not listen to me for any health advice the maale clinic describes lme disease as an illness caused by bia bacteria adding that humans usually get line disease from the bite of a tick carrying the bacteria the clinic noted that while ticks that can carry burela bacteria live throughout most of the United States the ailment is most common in the Upper Midwest and the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States domestically and also common in Europe and in South Central and Southeastern Canada people are at higher risk if they spend time where the ticks live such as grassy Brushy or wooded areas and the best means of prevention is to avoid tick bites when you are Outdoors the CDC said that 476,000 people may be diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease each year in the United States adding that the total consists of people who are treated based on clinical suspicion but do not actually have line disease the governmental agency said that most cases can be treated with 10 to 14 days of antibiotics and that doing so in the early stages of the disease leads to a rapid and complete recovery the disease has been a controversial Topic at times with a January 2023 report from the American Medical Association stating that lack of evidence-based guidance for how to care for people experiencing persistent symptoms and growing misinformation noted that some patients May believe their persistent symptoms to be due to Lyme disease even without evidence of ever having had the disease Grace marks MD mp8 who is an epidemiologist with the cdc's vectorborne disease division said that the clinical picture becomes much less clear when patients present without typical manifestations of line disease but report persistent symptoms Mark said the term chronic line disease is much less clearly defined and is sometimes used as a catchall term that is used broadly by patients clinicians and the general public and often includes people who never had a clear diagnosis of acute line disease Ohanian is one of a number of prominent names who have publicly emerged about their health battles with lme disease others include Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Alam moland deaded and her daughter model Bella haded both of whom have been outspoken about their respective battles with the ailment Yola in 2021 said that she had suffered deep depression amid a pile up of symptoms for the better part of a decade I can't begin to describe the darkness the pain and the hell I live through every day yolon told British fog in February 2021 this disease brought me to my knees Bella last year said that she had undergone 100 days of treatment amid a battle with the condition that stretched nearly 15 years musical artist Justin Bieber in January of 2020 said that doctors had diagnosed him with lme disease after being at the receiving end of nasty remarks about his appearance while a lot of people kept saying Justin Bieber looks like asterisk asterisk asterisk on meth Etc they failed to realize I've been recently diagnosed with lme disease not only that but had a serious case of chronic mono which affected my skin brain function energy and overall health the grammy-winning artist said on Instagram actor Ben Stiller told The Hollywood Reporter in 11 that he'd been diagnosed with the ailment in 2010 I got it in Nantucket Massachusetts a couple of years ago Stiller told the outlet my knee became inflamed and they couldn't figure out what it was then they found out it was lime I'm symptom free now but lme does never Le your system it's a really tough thing comic Amy Schumer said on Instagram in September of 2020 that she had caught Lyme disease informing her followers of the medication she had been taking anyone get El and this summer I got it and I'm on do cycline Schumer said I have maybe had it for years any advice can you have a glass of wine or two on it I know to stay out of the sun I'm also taking these herbs from Cape Cod called lime to I also want to say that I feel good and I'm excited to get rid of it Bella last year said that she had undergone 100 days of treatment amid a battle with the condition that stretched nearly 15 years musical artist Justin Bieber in January of 2020 said that doctors had diagnosed him with line disease after being at the receiving end of nasty remarks about his appearance while a lot of people kept saying Justin Bieber looks like asterisk asterisk asterisk on meth Etc they failed to realize I've been recently diagnosed with lme disease not only that but had a serious case of chronic mono which affected my skin brain function energy and overall health the Grammy winning artist said on Instagram actor Ben Stiller told The Hollywood Reporter in 2011 that he'd been diagnosed with the ailment in 2010 I got it in net Massachusetts a couple of years ago Stiller told the outlet my knee became inflamed and they couldn't figure out what it was then they found out it was lime I'm symptom free now but lime doesn't ever leave your system it's a really tough thing comic Amy Schumer said on Instagram in September of 2020 that she had caught Lyme disease informing her followers of the medication she had been taking anyone get L this summer I got it and I'm on dox of the line Schumer said I have maybe had it for years any advice can you have a glass of wine or two on it I noce stay out the sun I'm also taking these herbs from Cap Cod called lime to I also want to say that I feel good and I'm excited to get rid of it Ohanian and Williams who are parents to two daughters Olympia 6 and adira River 11 months were at the Espy in Los Angeles last week with Williams doing hosting duties the tennis Superstar made headlines after she took a jab at NFL kicker Harrison bucker during the ceremony she made the comments in the wake of a controversial graduation speech he gave May 11 at Benedictine College in Aton Kansas touching on sensitive topics ranging from abortion to pride month to women in the workforce