Types of High Blood Pressure (Hypertension):

There are TWO classes or types of hypertension for medical diagnoses. Doctors often refer to as essential (primary) HPT or secondary HPT.

1. Essential hypertension entertains no specific medical cause for the condition to manifest.
   
   
2. Secondary hypertension means that there is a causal or contributory cause, explanation, underlying issue that results in the high blood pressure. Some examples may include kidney disease or certain tumors.