There is really no such thing as quot;benignquot; hypertension, because high blood pressure is always potentially dangerous. The only thing I can think of is benign intracranial hypertension, referring to an increased pressure in the brain which isn t caused by any kind of growth. In medical terms quot;benignquot; is a word used to describe something that isn t cancerous. The word quot;benignquot; in regular language means quot;harmlessquot;, but of course, medically speaking, when a thing is quot;benignquot; it just means not as bad as if it was cancer. But that still doesn t mean that it is entirely harmless. Far from it. Benign Intracranial Hypertension (BIH) seems to occur more frequently in obese women, and there is a danger of vision loss They confirm diagnosis with a brain scan, and then treat the patient by tapping off excess cerebrospinal fluid, and, I believe, sometimes drugs to reduce the production of this fluid.
Benign essential hypertension is the formal traditional name for the high blood pressure people generally talk about. Though people with the disorder have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease over time, there is no immediate danger. This distinguishes the quot;benignquot; from quot;malignantquot; hypertension, which is associated with immediate end-organ damage, and must be treated aggressively on an emergency basis. These patients are obviously sick, where those with benign essential hypertension have quot;the silent killerquot; and normally have no symptoms. The quot;essentialquot; part basically distinguishes the condition from those illnesses in which the elevated blood pressure is a sign of something else, such as renal artery stenosis or some hormone-secreting tumors, that can often be surgically corrected.
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