A B757-200 CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS STRONG SMELL OF JET FUEL FROM AFT R LAVATORY. ATTENDANT BECAME SICK WITH INDUCED HYDROCARBON PNEUMONIA.

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VAPORS FROM AFT LAVATORY CAUSED OR INDUCED CHEMICAL HYDROCARBON (PNEUMONIA) ON APR/SAT/03. AT APPROX XC00 I SMELLED A VERY STRONG ODOR LIKE KEROSENE IN AFT R LAVATORY. PURSER CONFIRMED AND NOTIFIED CAPT; WHO DECIDED TO LOWER ALT TO DISSIPATE CABIN AIR. I HAD SEVERE HEADACHE; SOAR THROAT; CHEST TIGHT; COUGH; SINUS PRESSURE; EYES PAINFUL AND TEARING. I BECAME INCREASINGLY ILL AND VOMITED. NOTIFIED MGR ON DUTY MRS X AND MRS Y. AT XA10 ON APR/TUE/03; SAW DOCTOR WHO TOOK X-RAY AND DREW BLOOD FOR VERIFICATION OF PNEUMONIA. POISON CTL SUGGESTED ABOVE TREATMENT. UPON LEAVING ZZZ1; A COCKPIT LIGHT DID NOT WORK. RETURNED TO ARPT TO REPAIR LIGHT AND TOOK OFF THEREAFTER. I NOTIFIED MGR ON DUTY AT ZZZ1 AND FILED INJURY ON DUTY FOR PNEUMONIA. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE ODOR IS UNKNOWN AS ACCESS TO THE MAINT HISTORY OF THE AIRPLANE IS LIMITED TO CABIN ATTENDANTS. THE RPTR SAID A PERSON AT THE STATION WHERE THE ACFT WAS WORKED OVERNIGHT SAID IT WAS CLEANING FLUID; BUT DID NOT SMELL LIKE CLEANING FLUID. THE RPTR SAID ONE OTHER SOURCE SAID IT WAS A LEAKING APU FUEL LINE. THE RPTR STATED THE COMPANY DOCTOR AFTER X-RAY AND BLOOD SAMPLES DIAGNOSED PNEUMONIA.