A320 flight attendant reported a fume event which resulted in persistent physiological symptoms.

Attributes
ACN	1677930
Time
Date	201908
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Experience	Flight Attendant Airline Total 31 Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 9 Flight Attendant Total 31 Flight Attendant Type 80
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

My coworker who was working up front called me on the interphone and said she smelled a strange odor in the front galley area. I went up there and smelled a pungent; chemical smell that slightly burned the back of my throat and caused eye irritation. Having experienced cabin odor incidents before; I quickly left the front galley area so as to avoid the smell as much as possible. When my coworker came to the back a few minutes later; I could actually smell the odor on her clothing. After landing I experienced severe headaches; shortness of breath; eye/throat irritation. For several days after; I experienced more headaches; very noticeable brain fog; and short-term memory problems.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 Flight Attendant reported a fume event which resulted in persistent physiological symptoms.

Narrative: My coworker who was working up front called me on the interphone and said she smelled a strange odor in the front galley area. I went up there and smelled a pungent; chemical smell that slightly burned the back of my throat and caused eye irritation. Having experienced cabin odor incidents before; I quickly left the front galley area so as to avoid the smell as much as possible. When my coworker came to the back a few minutes later; I could actually smell the odor on her clothing. After landing I experienced severe headaches; shortness of breath; eye/throat irritation. For several days after; I experienced more headaches; very noticeable brain fog; and short-term memory problems.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.