A stabbing pain on the right side of the head is a problem that can be analyzed in three ways. First of all, it is located in the head, and it is on one side, so we will find the cause of it according to the location. One is the cervical spine, especially the 1, 2, and 3 cervical spine, where there are three nerves that go up and govern the head, and if the nerves are stimulated by muscles or by other factors, it will lead to pain. There is also a category of tingling pain that may manifest as more neuropathic pain. In some elderly people who have herpes of the head and face, often 5-7 days before the herpes comes out, there is a burst of tingling pain in the scalp or skin or muscles, this time to be careful, it may be herpes zoster to send out, to remind us to pay attention to the treatment of herpes. Another type of headache is an intracranial lesion, something that grows inside the skull and can cause a headache. So with these symptoms, you must go to the hospital to let the doctor to see, to identify the cause, and then according to the cause to treat, not at home to eat some painkillers, some conditions eat painkillers may be temporarily relieved, but will delay the disease.