What are the illnesses simultaneously occurring in a person with dual diagnosis?

I just took it to mean that dual diagnosis means that you have two illnesses at the same time. I just don't know what specific kind of illness.

a substance addiction and a psychiatric illness

Every body is different. What you are currently experiencing is specific to YOU and to NOW. Dual means 2. A dual diagnosis simply means that your body is experiencing 2 different illnesses at the same time.

For specifics, you'll have to ask your Dr.

A person can have one infection in the lungs, and another infection in the urinary tract. That would be a dual diagnosis, or they could have both pneumonia and a broken leg.

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