<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.hi,i was diagnosed as iga nephropathy an year back,now my b.p is controlled and albumin creatinine ratio is 38.24 hrs protein in urine is 280 i want to know how long can i live without dialysis  <response>: If 24 hr urine is 280 mg, we can just observe. April andor Telmisartan or similar Chat Doctor. Follow up with your Nephrologist every 3 months. Ask your Nephrologist if heshe believes in Fish Oil as a part of the treatment and whether you have already been started on it. To answer question about Dialysis, only 20 to 30 of the patients who have severe protein loss in urine andor have kidney dysfunction NOTE THAT YOU HAVE NEITHER, will progress to dialysis requiring stage over 20 years !! 