Dr. Christian Mayaud
Hospital-based practice
YONKERS, NY
37 years experience male
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Christian Mayaud
YONKERS, NY
About
Bio
I am Dr. Mayaud. I am an Internal Medicine trained Hospitalist who also sees outpatients in Primary Care settings.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Hospital-based practice
Internal Medicine
Licenses
United States: California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas
Doctor Q&A
42 Answers
152 Agrees
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A 47-year-old male asked:
Dr. Christian Mayaudanswered
Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Common Problem: These days there are a wide-variety of treatment modalities to chose from that are effective. I assume you are currently being evaluated by orthopedi... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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It's the Water...: It's probably the water, not the lemon, taken before any meal or snack, which may help you take in less calories by giving you a fuller feeling with l... Read More
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A 52-year-old female asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
BP & HR vary: BP and heart rate (HR) can vary depending on your bodies demands.
Viral syndromes release cytokines which cause most of the constitutional symptoms ... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Biopsy?: Could be many things depending on its location, history, and physical characteristics. For example, cysts and swollen lymph nodes are common and be... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Post Void Dribbling: Post-Void Dribbling is pretty common and generally benign complaint, especially among males as they get older. Prostate conditions such as BPH and Pr... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Thermostat Setting: Fever is when you body's thermostat is set higher than normal. When the thermostat in your house is raised, the heat goes on to increase the tempera... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Panic Attacks: Panic Attacks are a common "go to diagnosis" for physicians in urgent care & ER settings when facing with such symptoms in young, otherwise health... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Yes: Being well hydrated at all times is advisable unless there is a specific reason to be restricting fluid intake. And, of course, even water can be to... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
The Promise: that is the promise of genomics but we aren't there yet. Also there are limits to genetic determinism -- many disease processes will remain a product... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
A White Lie We Tell: "Second Hand Smoke" is a White Lie we tell patients to get them to quit. There are lots of reasons to quit smoking but secondhand smoke is not one of... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
APV vs Ecigs: The one that gets you to switch entirely from smoking to vaping. Nicotine dependent smokers (those who smoke first thing in the morning) find that e... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Tobacco Smoke: Tobacco smoke has more than tobacco itself. Estimates for tobacco smoke range from 4000 to 5000 but ONLY 100 of those pose significant health risks.... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Sleep Regulation: Sleep Regulation is tricky for those who work nights. You are fighting the normal diurnal sleep rhythms. It is worse for those who shift between da... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Nicotine Dependence?: Nicotine Replacement products (NRTs) are useful in proportion to your nicotine dependence.
If you smoke within 1 hour of waking up, you are nicotin... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
DO NOT VAPE: If you are pregnant you should not smoke OR vape. Even though ecigarettes contain less toxic compounds, they still contain compounds which will effec... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Yes and No: Yes and No ... Nicotine is addictive NOT the ecigarette ... an ecig is only addictive if it contains nicotine and many do not. However, unless you mak... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Probably normal ....: It's quite normal to burb after eating. It's most often due to the air which is normally swallowed while eating but it may also be exacerbated by gas... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Protect vs Abstain: Best for whom? Life in a bubble? Yes abstaining completely from all oral, anal, and vaginal sex will lower risk of spread the most -- but it is just ... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Not Benign Rx: Oral Prednisone, and steroids in general, have lots of side effects, both short-term and long-term, so it is highly unlikely that you can get a compet... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
"Second Hand" Myth: I am not an advocate of smoking and there are lot's of reason to quit smoking but "Second Hand Smoke" is not one of them. The expression "second-hand ... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Christian Mayaudanswered
Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
No but Possible: Oral Sex is not safe sex but it MAY be somewhat safer. We don't know for sure because there is an under-reporting bias in the "oral arm" of studies ... Read More
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A 48-year-old male asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Safer but Not Safe: Most ecigarettes and liquids used in nicotine vaporizers do NOT contain tobacco products. The Risk is in the Flavor used. FLAVORLESS nicotine liquid... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
FLAVOR = HEALTH RISK: Health risk is in the liquid. How much safer are tobacco flavored liquids? Probably some but you are still inhaling tobacco. Non-tobacco flavors ar... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Christian Mayaudanswered
Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
It's a Myth: I am not an advocate of smoking and there are lot's of reason to quit smoking but "Second Hand Smoke" is not one of them. The expression "second-hand ... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
YES but ...: Yes but pain medications can still be used if carefully chosen and monitored closely for all side-effects
Pain Management in Renal Failure - Choice o... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Christian Mayaudanswered
Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Both are Vaporizers: The risk is in the liquid used to make the vapor. Flavorless juice has just nicotine and vegetable glycerin. Adding flavoring adds the risk. Straw... Read More
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A female asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
In-Person Evaluation: You need further face2face evaluation by a physician. Sounds like you are in the middle of a work-up. Are you an inpatient or is this evaluation bei... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Maybe ...: Chronic Atrial fibrillation is not likely to be missed on even a routine ECG. A comprehensive history is not likely to miss it either. However, if y... Read More
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A 47-year-old male asked:
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Yes: No interactions that I am aware of.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Yes: Normal menstruation doesn't have to include abdominal discomfort
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Working out?: Obviously more information is needed but have you done any heavy lifting lately?
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Check CDC First: Always Check the CDC Website for the latest recommendations before Foreign Travel
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list
For the Bahamas spec... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Christian Mayaudanswered
Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Sleep Follow Routine: Over-sleeping is as disruptive to your well-being as under-sleeping and is often fixed the same way. Your sleep pattern adjusts to your routine. Ju... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Christian Mayaudanswered
Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Pregnancy Nutrition: There are lots of good online nutrition resources -- including articles focused on pregnancy --
For example ---
Pregnancy nutrition: Healthy-eating... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Christian Mayaudanswered
Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Yes and No: Asking physicians about caffeine is a great example of "Do as we say, not as we do." Physicians are notorious for suffering from symptoms o... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Maybe But ...: Maybe, but I an an Internist so I would try to rule out other more serious causes first, depending on how severe your "loss of breath" is. When you ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
No: 1) Ecig produce vapor not smoke. Tobacco smoke has over 4000 ingredients. Ecig vapor has only what's in the liquid used - glycerine and nicotine if ... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Vapor vs Smoke: Electronic Cigarettes ARE Smokeless. They create vapor from liquid on heated coils NOT smoke from incomplete combustion. You can control and minim... Read More
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A 62-year-old female asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
BP varies diurnally: BP can vary widely through out the day depending on such things as activity levels, fluid and salt intakes with meals and snacks, etc. Plus, medicati... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Yes: Although you may have a mild increase in coughing and sputum production this is realtively short-term as your lungs grow-back their cilia and develop ... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Abdominal Obesity: Also aggressive weightloss can often reverse GERD symptoms which result from the unfavorable mechanics of abdominal obesity.
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A 48-year-old male asked:
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Hospital-based practice 37 years experience
Depends on Liquid: The risk of electronic cigarettes is related to the composition of the liquids they use. The safest will be those which use the least number of comp... Read More
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Thank you notes
May 30, 2015
Your dedication and commitment to providing quality health consultation on HealthTap is greatly admired and a true benefit to your patients. Keep up the good work.
May 10, 2015
Dr. Christian Mayaud is an excellent physician, his on the top of his field, he is a great asset to the people of NY, and to the family of health tap.
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Mayaud is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you very much
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Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Hahnemann Medical College, PA
Graduated 1986MD
Residency
LENOX HILL HOSPITAL
Completed 1989
Awards
Most Influential, Third Place, White Plains Region - Spring
2015
Thought Leader, Second Place, White Plains Region - Spring
2015
Top Doctor, Second Place, White Plains Region - Spring
2015
Affiliations
ACP
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