A stabbing pain in the head may be caused by neuralgia, commonly caused by neuropathic headache, trigeminal neuralgia, postherpetic neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, etc. 1. neuropathic headache: a stabbing pain attack in the head often occurs, commonly in the temples or forehead on both sides, often triggered by overexertion, smoking, drinking, etc. 2. trigeminal neuralgia: the most common neuralgia, with facial paroxysmal Herpes zoster postherpetic neuralgia: Herpes zoster in the head and face invades the nerve, causing scalp pain on one side, leading to Hunter’s syndrome, and patients have severe ear pain, and often patients subjectively feel severe headache on one side of the head; 4. Occipital neuralgia: It occurs unilaterally or bilaterally in the distribution area of the greater occipital nerve, the lesser occipital nerve or the third occipital nerve with paroxysmal pinprick-like The most common cause of pain is that the nerve in the neck is squeezed and leads to painful symptoms.